Nationalist seperation and workers in Ottoman labor life during the Second Constitutional era

The Industrial Revolution, which began in England in the late 18th century, radically changed production relations and habits. The Industrial Revolution, which brought a new understanding of production to the world, also made new social layers visible. The most important of these social layers was undoubtedly the proletariat. According to European sociology literature, the proletariat was considered a stateless class, but according to Karl Marx, it was the only class that could destroy the exploitative industrial-capitalist economy. The situation was a little different in the Ottoman Empire, which was late in catching up with the industrialization movement. In the Ottoman Empire, which had a multinational social structure, the industrialization movement was carried out by European entrepreneurs and the support of international political forces for the independence of the Ottoman elements led to the Ottoman workers becoming a nationalist and patriotic class rather than a stateless and international class. Nationalist and socialist agitation supported the national independence of the Ottoman elements and thus the Ottoman labor life began to separate along national and religious lines. The aim of our thesis is to analyze this separation and shed light on the process of nationalization of the Ottoman labor life.